Protest Skills
Big groups of people can be unruly. There have been plenty of riots after sports games. To protect yourself and present peaceful resistance, learn new skills.
The ACLU, Indivisible, No Kings and others have online trainings about your rights at a protest, how to de-escalate, and more.
How to do it:
Live trainings are time sensitive, but there is often a recording online later if you miss the moment.
Here are some starting points:
- https://www.nokings.org/trainings (all but the most recent has recordings.)
- https://ssd.eff.org/module/attending-protest (includes phone tactics)
- https://indivisible.org/indivisible-trainings
- https://nonviolencetoolkit.com/nonviolence-toolkit-methods-tactics-nonviolent-demonstration-safety-training
- https://righttobe.org/upcoming-free-trainings
- Our guide to filming ICE is here.
Please note that we do not have personal experience of all trainings linked. Use your own judgment and trust your own comfort level. Don’t do anything that feels wrong for you.
We also maintain a collection of protest tips, from making small protests more spectacular, to designing great signs, to documenting and publicizing resistance.
